Climbing slowly along the stone steps hidden by pine and bamboo, the sound of water is gurgling, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant.
There are two big stones by the roadside. On the left is engraved "Suspected Wonderland" and on the right is engraved "Welcome to Gai Hua". There is an ancient red pine on each side, and its branches are twisted and intertwined. It was planted when the Taiping Palace was rebuilt in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and its tree age was over 300 years. The pine leaves are lush, the mountain wind blows and swings with the wind, just like welcoming guests from afar. Happiness is like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than the South Mountain.
This mountain peak is called "Shouzi Peak" because of the large and small "Shouzi" engraved on the huge stone wall.
China people's pursuit of longevity can be traced back to ancient times. Throughout the ages, from Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fudong to look for the elixir of life, to Tang Xuanzong sent Sun Tan to Laoshan to collect medicine for alchemy, and then to Laoshan Taoist priests to practice health for generations. To this day, people wish their elders health and longevity, which shows the position of the word "longevity" in people's hearts.
Shouzi Peak is engraved with the word "Shou" written by ancient and modern calligraphers in China in different fonts, including official script, seal script, line, cursive script, kai script and so on. On the huge rock wall, a spectacular picture of longevity is formed, which is also a calligraphy exhibition of the word "longevity". We can appreciate the peaks and valleys while appreciating the art of calligraphy. Among them, the word "shou" is very striking and majestic, with a height of 20 meters and a width of 16 meters. Shen Peng, Chairman of China Calligraphers Association, happily wrote "The Longest Life in the World", which is called "The Longest Life in China", which means "Long Life, Longevity Than Nanshan". Many tourists come here and like to take pictures with the word "longevity" as the background. One is to keep it as a souvenir, and the other is to pray for their "long life". The Great Sage was drunk and bid farewell to the flat peach banquet, and Xiantao came to earth unexpectedly.
This big stone looks like a huge peach. Its vivid image is one of the famous hieroglyphs in the scenic spot. Here is a fairy tale for everyone. It is said that when the Monkey King stole peaches in the flat peach garden of the Empress Dowager, she didn't actually eat them all, just took a bite and threw one. One of them landed justly here and became the present "Shitao", also known as "Xiantao". There is a piece missing from the bottom, which was bitten by Sun. Tao gives birth to Yin and Yang, which was originally called Pangu.
On the cableway, standing in the southeast, the stone wall in the north is smooth and vertical, the upper part is triangular, and the east side faces the sky. The gap presents the outline of people's eyes, mouth and nose, as if an old man who has experienced many vicissitudes is looking up at the sky in detail, and is called "Pangu Old Man".
Legend has it that at the beginning of the world, Pangu, the old man who created the world, came out of chaos and seclusion. In order to create a good living environment for mankind, he struggled to carve out a space, propping up the sky with his head and landing on the ground with his feet. This is what people often say. At this time, the qi of Qingyang gradually rose to the sky, and the heavy turbidity gradually sank to the ground, and Yin and Yang became clear from now on. Then, the old man Pangu skillfully arranged the sun, moon and stars in the sky and drew the mountains, seas and lakes on the ground. Later, the old man Pangu shaped the shape of everything with clay, and with a sigh of relief, everything came to life. The old man Pangu felt very tired, so he chose this land of geomantic omen and fell asleep on the mountain peak. This sleep lasted for hundreds of millions of years, and he has not woken up yet.
This is the middle station of the ropeway, not far from the exit, and you can visit the famous Taoist Temple Taiping Palace and its surrounding landscape. If you continue to take the ropeway to the last stop (terminal) and "the breeze sends me to the sky" all the way, you can reach the strange cave in the mountain-Tianmidong. The cave on the top of the mountain is connected with the sky, which is deep and interesting. Climbing the cave is the path, and the heart is high and wide.
Out of the cableway terminal, up the mountain along the stone steps, you will arrive at Tiandong. Near the mouth of the cave, the rocks stand upright and the world is narrow. To visit this strange cave, you must climb from bottom to top to find the vast sky, hence the name "Heaven-seeking Cave".
Tiandong Cave is a bottom-up natural grotto, which consists of many huge stones in the crack between two big cliffs. The cave is more than 0/00 meters above sea level/kloc-,with peculiar shape and unique style. It is different from limestone caves, with grotesque cave landscapes such as stalactites, stone pillars and flowers, and it is also different from other granite caves in the scenic spot, which can be seen at a glance. The uniqueness of looking for cave wonders is that it is divided into five layers from bottom to top. The cave twists and turns, strange, thrilling and confusing, which can be described as a collection of strangeness, seclusion and danger. The word "Looking for Heaven Cave" outside the cave was inscribed by Mr. Liu Kaiqu, a famous sculpture artist. After entering the cave, you must display eighteen martial arts such as drilling, climbing, moving and crossing, otherwise you can't get in and out. Out of the hole, it is Shangyuan Mountain, a rare scenic spot. This iron lock bridge is called "Buyun Bridge". Crossing the bridge seems close at hand. In the words of the local people: standing on the peak of Shangyuan, you can poke the sky with your hands. You might as well try.
This stone carving-"The cave is quiet and there is no rain, the grass is often wet, the mountain is high and there is no wind, and the summer disappears" was inscribed by the famous art theorist Mr. Shao Dazhen.
This is Mr. Guo Moruo's famous stone carving "The Market in the Sky". Standing here, I look around, but I see the peaks are tall and straight, the pines are bursting, the boulders are rugged and varied, the blue waves are boundless, and the sea and the sky are the same. Especially at night, fishing fires are lit on the sea, and the lights of the cottages are flashing-what a "sky street" scenery!
This stone carving-"A glimpse of the world" was inscribed by a famous art theorist, Mr. Cai Hong, implying that Shangyuan Wonderland is just around the corner.
This huge stone is like a huge tortoise, with its head sticking out to the east and staring at the sea with rapt attention. This kind of landscape is called "turtle exploring the sea". In addition, there are many granite landscapes, which will bring us a lot of fun. Deep in the pine path is a secluded palace, and the quiet is louder than the sound. Looking back at the rise and fall of the Millennium, the morning bell is looking forward to peace.
Jing Ya, a quaint Taoist temple, is the famous Taoist temple in Laoshan-Taiping Palace.
Taiping Palace was built in the first year of Stegosaurus in Song Dynasty (960). It was built with funds after Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, named Liu Ruozhuo of Laoshan Road as a "covered real person". The historical background at that time was: Zhao Kuangyin planned the mutiny in Chen Qiao, and he became an emperor with a yellow robe. In order to whitewash the peace, he invited Liu Ruozhuo, a well-trained student, to Beijing to talk about metaphysics and Taoism, hoping to keep him. Due to Liu Ruoyu's stubbornness, Song Taizu named him "Gai Hua Zhenren" and ordered him to go back to the mountain to rebuild the Taiqing Palace and build the Shangqing Palace and Shangyuan Palace as the temples of Liu Zhenren. Even the mountain behind him was named "Shangyuan Mountain", which was given by the emperor. After the completion of Taiping Palace, Zhao Kuangyin died, and his brother Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne, changing the country name to "Taiping Xingguo" and Shangyuan Palace to "Taiping Xingguo Hospital". At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan Army captured Hang Cheng, and two love princesses of the Southern Song Dynasty, Xie Li and Xie An, fled to the Tangzi Temple behind the Taiping Xingguo Hospital in disguise. Since then, Taiping Xingguo Hospital has been renamed Taiping Palace, which has been in use ever since.
Taiping Palace has undergone numerous renovations in history. The choice of building materials follows the architectural style of Song Dynasty, and the combination of black simple tiles and slate tiles before Ming Dynasty, basically retaining the simple and elegant style of the original building. After Quan Zhen's seven sons came to Laoshan, the Taoist priests in the palace converted to the Huashan School founded by Hao Taigu.
When I entered the palace, the first thing I saw was the "Sea Palace", which was said to have been sealed by Song Taizu when he was building the Taiping Palace. This is the handwriting of Hua Shikui in Qing Dynasty.
The overall building of Taiping Palace is in the shape of "Pin", which consists of the main hall and two partial halls. The main hall is dedicated to Mazu, and the east and west halls are dedicated to Guan Sheng and Wenchang Emperor respectively. There is a crack in this boulder, which divides it in two. Looking down from above, the one above looks like a dragon sleeping on a stone, so it is called "Sleeping Dragon Stone". Legend has it that this "sleeping dragon" stole three jars of wine from the Queen Mother and fell asleep because of drunkenness. When the queen mother knew about it, she flew into a rage and demoted him to the world. Dragon saliva spring is the saliva that dripped from his mouth when he was drunk. It is also said that this sleeping dragon wakes up only once every 100 years. There are two five-character poems engraved on the stone wall, which were written by Zou Shan, a Shandong scholar in the Ming Dynasty.
These two osmanthus trees in the main hall have a history of 100 years. One is Jingui, and the other is Yin Gui, which usually blooms from August to September. In the flowering season, golden and silver osmanthus flowers compete for beauty and fragrance. The antique bronze bell hanging in this pavilion in the East Courtyard was recast in the 18th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty (1888), and the words "five grains are abundant", "good weather", "eternal life" and "good luck on all sides" are engraved on all sides. The following picture is engraved with eight diagrams, symbolizing eight natural phenomena: heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountains and rivers. Whenever the bell rings in the morning, because of the silence in the mountains, the empty valley echoes, and the ringing sound of the bell lasts for a long time. This landscape is called "Taiping Xiao Zhong".
There is a quiet little garden in front of Zhong Ting. This magnolia and Ziwei are both 100 years old. Magnolia is a precious flower, but Wei Zi is the most favored flower by Taoism since the Song Dynasty, probably in memory of Chen Tuan, the founder of Doujiao in Wei Zi. Lagerstroemia indica is planted in the Taoist temple of Huashan School.
The stone wall outside the palace is engraved with the Mo Bao left by the famous poet Cang Kejia when he visited the Taiping Palace in the summer of 198 1: "Red gold is never enough, white jade is flawless, it is rare since ancient times, and the magic path is clear, so there is no room for half." We say that "there is no shortage of gold, and no one is perfect", but we must not confuse them, and the principles should be clear. Poetry is unforgettable. Strange peaks and rocks are born, and many of them are willing to send this body.
The boulder on the right behind the Taiping Palace looks like a kneeling sheep. From a distance, it has both spirit and shape, and its mouth, eyes, nose and head are lifelike, so it is called "sheep stone".
There is also a beautiful legend about sheep stone. A long time ago, there was a young man in a hut at the foot of the mountain. He is brave and kind. Once, he went up the mountain to cut wood and found two wolves attacking an old sheep. The old sheep was caught between Scylla and Charybdis, so it had to fight back and was killed by two wolves. The young man immediately pulled out a firewood knife and cut it hard on the front of the wolf. It hit the nail on the head and the wolf died. The other wolf looked terrible and ran away. The young man chased and chopped after him, only cutting off a wolf leg. It turned out that the rescued old sheep was a sheep fairy who came here to practice. In order to thank the young man for saving his life, the sheep fairy married her little daughter to him. From then on, the sheep fairy knelt here day and night, fearing that the wolf would come back and kill innocent people. Over time, she became this stone sheep. At sunrise, the East China Sea was as red as fire, and the roaring peaks and valleys were furious.
The peak adjacent to Yangshi is like a lion overlooking the sea, so it is called "Lion Peak". Lion Peak is awe-inspiring in Yun Biao. A lion's huge mouth can hold more than a dozen people at the same time. Between the upper and lower jaws of the lion's mouth, due to the erosion of wind and rain, the rock particles are uneven, forming a historic "tooth", which is very realistic. You can climb the lion's back by going through the cave under his ribs. This is an ideal place to watch the sunrise at sea, and it has always been a place for literati to express their feelings. Before dawn, looking at the eastern sea, a white fish belly gradually appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky, and the surrounding scenery gradually emerged from the darkness. As time went on, the white light became brighter and brighter, and gradually changed from orange and rose purple to red ... Suddenly, a semicircular fireball appeared on the sea, rising and expanding bit by bit. The moment the rising sun leaves the sea, it is like "lifting" the sea, and a "handle" is formed between the sun and the sea. Suddenly, the sun jumped up gently, the "handle" was released and the sun rose out of the sea. At this time, the golden light of the sea kept shining and jumping with the waves. Looking back again, Shangyuan Mountain was dyed red, and all the mountains were covered with gorgeous summer costumes. The scene is extremely spectacular. This landscape is called "Lion Peak Guest Day". If you catch up with the clouds in the morning and look at the Lion Peak from a distance, it will be another wonderful sight: the clouds are floating around the waist of the Lion Peak, the sea breeze is blowing, and the clouds are like flowing clouds, such as rough waves. Look at the lion again. In the rolling sea of clouds, it seems that he is in a hurry to get his claws, his mouth is wide open, he is smoking and whistling in the sky. This landscape is called "Ten Mausoleums Hengyun" and is one of the "Twelve Scenes of Laoshan Mountain".
There are also many ancient poems of Ming and Qing dynasties engraved on the lion peak and its surrounding stone walls, which are also of great ornamental value. Another huge Ao Bai lives in, but the black dragon is invisible.
Not far to the west along the back wall of Taiping Palace, the circular boulder you see is supported by two other boulders. These three huge stones form a natural cave. On the stone wall outside the cave, there are four characters engraved with convex double hooks-"Ao Lao Long Cang". The cave is deep, wide and spacious, and can accommodate more than 20 people. The altar is dedicated to Wang Zhongyang, the ancestor of Quanzhen Sect, and his seven disciples. Because the cave was dedicated to Laozi before the Ming Dynasty, it was called "Laojun Cave". During the Qin Long period of Ming Dynasty (1567- 1573), Zou Shan, a Shandong scholar, visited Laoshan several times and found the cave name a bit tacky. Yang, the accompanying magistrate of Jimo County, changed the name of the cave to "Youlong Cave" according to the description of "Laojun, you are still a dragon" in the historical records, which has been used ever since. The cave forehead "The cloud was visited by Laozi, and later it helped the North" is a poem written by Gu, a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, and inscribed by a famous contemporary calligrapher. On the stone wall on the right side of the cave is the full-text cliff stone carving of the first chapter of Tao Te Ching written by Zhao Mengfu, a famous calligrapher in Yuan Dynasty, with smooth strokes and profound skill.
This boulder at the top of the cave is engraved with three constellations and the word "mixed stone". Legend has it that Liu Ruozhuo practiced alone on it for 10 years before he became a famous Taoist priest.
In the past, there were no steps on this boulder, so ordinary Taoist priests could not get up. Easy-to-go Taoist priests will practice towards different stars according to the directions indicated in the above constellation diagram. The white dragon flew away like this, and I will never forget Guo Laoen when I look back.
This cave in the northwest of Lion Peak is Bailong Cave. The mountain stream in front is called "Bailongjian", the inlet below is called "Bailongwan", and the arch bridge on the bay is called "Xianren Bridge". Needless to say, this must be the place where Bailong is related to Ren Xian.
Legend has it that there was once a white eel in Bailongwan, and he often went to the cave above to practice penance. One day, Zhang came here on a donkey. When he saw his extraordinary skills, he knew that he could achieve positive results, so he made some enlightenment. The eel really turned into a Longfei Bai and left. Later, people called the cave where the eel practiced "Bailong Cave" and the bridge that Zhang passed was called "Xianren Bridge". Interestingly, Zhang Qi's upside-down donkey missed home when he saw the beautiful scenery here. Accidentally, his hoof stepped on the stone by the bridge and was whipped by Zhang, so he jumped out and ran away. No, I still have hoofprint.
Above Xianren Bridge is Bailong Cave. Bailong Cave is a natural cave composed of an oval boulder about 18m long and 12m wide buckled on five drum-shaped boulders. Eighteen arhats are enshrined in the cave. The word "Bailong Cave" was inscribed by Zhou Lu, a Shandong military commander in the Ming Dynasty. The large number of stone carvings in Bailongdong, with high artistic appreciation value and archaeological value, can be called "a must". The author of ancient poetry is Qiu Chuji, a famous Taoist priest in Yuan Dynasty. Qiu Chuji not only studied Taoism, but also was knowledgeable and good at poetry and painting. When he came to Laoshan, he practiced in Bailong Cave for a period of time, leaving 20 poems praising the scenery of Laoshan on the stone wall of the cave.
The preface is Qiu Chuji's "Preface to Twenty Poems": "The prison mountain of Jimo in Donglai is surrounded by the sea, with flat knots and towering boulders. The mountains are steep and the scenery on the land is really beautiful, but it is far away from the sea and has a poor reputation. Yu Zichang returned to Yangji and arrived at the eternal view of the three cities. Looking at the smoke in the south, it was faintly visible. Taoist people invited each other, and the party was postponed for a few days, so they sang twenty songs leisurely, and it was easy to become Aoshan, because the road was smooth. Qixia Changchun Zishu. " Poetry is catchy, concise and easy to understand, and Laoshan's "Heaven and Earth" jumps between the lines. What's in the mountains? There are many white clouds on the mountain.
Baiyun Cave is a famous Taoist temple in Laoshan Mountain. This cave is more than 400 meters above sea level, backed by a steep stone wall and facing a deep stream. It is natural and unique, and is one of the famous caves in Laoshan Mountain.
Baiyun Cave was built in the second year of Tang Tianbao (743). According to historical records, at the end of Kaiyuan (74 1), Fu Jiang, a Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty, sought medical treatment in Laoshan Mountain. After coming to Laoshan Mountain, he chose this cave near the mountain and the sea to practice. At that time, there were not many artificial buildings, only some gravel soil under the original boulder was cleaned up.
In Song Dynasty, Bai Yuchan, the fifth ancestor of Neidan Sect in Jiangnan Taoism, came to Laoshan and built Baiyun Cave, which became a temple.
Bai Yuchan, also known as "Ge Changgeng", was born in Fuzhou and once served as an official in Hainan. Later, he went to Wuyishan to practice Taoism. During the period of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (1208- 1224), he was named as a "purple Muslim" and traveled to famous mountains including Laoshan all his life.
After the establishment of Baiyun Cave, the Taoist priest who presided over Baiyun Cave was intermittent because of the difficult roads and inconvenient transportation of materials. It was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty that the Taoist temple was really built under the auspices of Tian Baiyun, a Taoist priest in Laoshan Mountain.
Baiyun Cave is a cave made up of three huge stones, surrounded by stone strips, and the entrance faces south. The cave is square, about 7 meters wide, 7 meters deep and 2 meters high. The ceiling of the cave is flat, and the ground is paved with stone strips, which can stand dozens of people at the same time. At first, the main hall was dedicated to the Jade Emperor. The word "Baiyun Cave" was inscribed by Hanlin Yin in the late Qing Dynasty.
The three huge stones around Baiyun Cave are called "Qinglong Stone" on the left, "Baihu Stone" on the right and "Suzaku Stone" in front. In addition, there is a "Xuanwu stone" behind it, and these four huge stones are regarded as symbols of the God of the Quartet.
The two ginkgo trees in the front yard of the cave are also a male and a female, standing side by side and accompanying each other. They are both 1000 years old.
There are many Gu Song behind the cave, which are lush. One of them is very strange in shape and has dense branches and leaves. It is said that there is a branch slanting out of the top of the cave, reaching out of the cave, standing below and looking up, flying like a dragon in the sky. This kind of Gu Song is called "Pinus armandii".
This strange landscape interwoven by ancient trees and Baiyun Cave is one of the "Twelve Scenes of Laoshan Mountain"-"Yundong Pansong".
Magnolia under the wall of the East Courtyard is over 200 years old, and it is the oldest magnolia in Laoshan Mountain.
The cave under Qinglong Stone is called "Sleeping Wind Tunnel". Because of the special terrain conditions here, the mountain wind blows here, so it is named "sleeping wind tunnel". It is said that this was once the place where Kundao (female Taoist) practiced. The cave next to it is called "Bodhisattva Cave".
During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty (1736- 1795), under the auspices of Taoist Zhao Tishun, Baiyun Cave was rebuilt, and 24 temples with Qinglong Pavilion as the main body were built, with more than 400 square meters of artificial buildings. The largest is Qinglong Pavilion, which is divided into two floors, about12m long. * * * There are six gatehouses, with 65,438+065,438+0 steps in front of the main hall and 33 steps in front of Qinglong Pavilion.
From the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, Baiyun Cave has always been the hall of Taoist Quanzhen Jinshan School. In the spring of the thirty-fourth year of Qing Qianlong (1769), Wang Shengben, a Jimo Taoist who became a monk in Taiqing Palace since childhood, led his disciples to build another shack in Baiyun Cave to practice. He eats whole grains raw and never peels them. Although he is 103 years old, he must be dark and colorful. 1770 On the ninth day of the first month, he suddenly said to his disciples, "I will die in beginning of spring today." Then sit up and die. His body is buried in Xiaoyao Valley halfway up Erxian Mountain in the southeast of Baiyun Cave, and the Tibetan Bone Tower is still there.
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Taoist priests in Laoshan actively supported the anti-Japanese struggle and were repeatedly "swept" by the Japanese army. In the face of the brutal Japanese army, the Taoist priest of Baiyun Cave has no hesitation and would rather die than surrender. The Japanese army killed Taoist Zou Quanyang and burned Baiyun Cave Building. Since then, Baiyun Cave has interrupted Taoist activities.
There are two caves on the south side of Baiyun Cave, one is Qingxu Cave and the other is Zhaopu Cave. Qingxu Cave is an artificial stone cave used for Taoist practice. People sitting in the cave can overlook the mountain and sea scenery below. Zhao Guang petroleum is a natural cave.
Visit the scenic spots near Baiyun Cave, and slowly appreciate the poem written by Fu Huan, an old man in the Tibetan Garden: "jathyapple is beautiful, the sea is cold, playing with stones leisurely, floating to the immortal", and feel the artistic conception of "immortal".